Godswill Akpabio
16 Aug 2023
President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has identified behavioural change as the only tool left to tackle corruption and diminishing social values in the country.
14 Aug 2023
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sued Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, at the Federal High Court...
13 Aug 2023
Before the Senate considered a motion seeking to stop the intended hike in the electricity tariff, there was a trending maxim which depicts the general mood of the masses since the advent of president Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration.
10 Aug 2023
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has threatened to take legal action against Senate President Godswill Akpabio over his alleged payment of "holiday allowances" to senators. “We’re suing the Senate President Godswill Akpabio over the alleged payments of “holiday allowances” by the Clerk of the National Assembly into the “various accounts” of senators while…
10 Aug 2023
A few years ago in the United States of America, at the height of former President Donald Trump’s impeachment saga, the then-Speaker of the US House of Representatives, Rep. Nancy Pelosi said, “When our Founding Fathers were fashioning out our Constitution, they knew, even back then, that one day in the future, we might have…
10 Aug 2023
Rising-Up for a United Nigeria has rejected in strong terms, calls by Timi Frank and other individuals for the resignation of the Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio.
10 Aug 2023
A political activist and former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, on Thursday, called on Senate and House of Representatives members to urgently return the money they have illegally collected from the National Assembly as “enjoyment” and “vacation” allowances. Frank who made this call in a statement issued…
9 Aug 2023
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has expressed concerns over the alleged admittance by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, of the disbursement of funds running into billions of naira to senators for holiday purposes. Led by Comrade Emmanuel Onwubiko, HURIWA noted that Akpabio's remarks which went viral on social media, smacks of insensitive…
9 Aug 2023
Civil Society Central Coordinating Council (CSCCC) on Wednesday hailed the President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio over exemplary leadership he displayed during the just concluded screening of ministerial nominees sent to the parliament by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The Senate on Monday finally concluded the screening of 45 of the 48 ministerial nominees of…
9 Aug 2023
Socio-cultural Group, Ohanaeze Youth Movement has said that the recent comment made by Senate President Godswill Akpabio on statutory payments to federal lawmakers is being taken out of context by mischief makers who are hell bent on tarnishing the image of the parliament. The Upper Chamber on Monday concluded the screening and confirmation of President…
9 Aug 2023
The 10th National Assembly Legislative Support Group has addressed the recent comments made by Senate President Godswill Akpabio regarding statutory payments to federal lawmakers, asserting that misinterpretations by mischief makers are distorting his words. Following the conclusion of the screening and confirmation of President Bola Tinubu's ministerial nominees, Senate President Akpabio addressed his fellow senators…
9 Aug 2023
Numerous organizations have expressed their praise for Deputy Senate President Jubrin Barau for his significant support to his counterpart, Senate President Godswill Akpabio, in advancing President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's Renewed Hope Agenda. Specifically, the groups - Civil Society Central Coordinating Council, Ethnic Youth Leaders Forum, and Barau National Supporters Forum - have applauded both Barau…